Chapter 16 Testing
The volume warehouse with a sense of airtightness is quiet without talking.
The dim floor lamp is a little far from the stone roll rack, and I don't know if I am afraid that the scrolls and books will be set on fire.
"Joyce, do you believe in God?"
Brilley Bolton asked, walking over to the canon-like stone shelf, looking at the few scrolls and tomes.
"I am a believer in the goddess of life. ”
Joyce held his hands in front of him, with a hint of sincerity.
"There is a difference between belief and belief, I hope you don't believe in it, if you don't want to communicate with the gods and get gifts, don't read too much ancient texts for the time being. Old Bolton said in a flat tone.
"For the time being?"
Joyce vaguely understood what the old man meant, but only thought in his heart.
"There are many remnants of ancient spirits in this world, and some prayers and psychic rituals are likely to communicate with evil, and even in the face of orthodox gods, you have to be careful and remember that there is no love and benefit for no reason. The elder Burton's smile made Joyce furious.
"I want to know about the mysteries, I asked Mr. Bodean Arthur before, and he said that if you absorb the properties of the mysteries, you can become the mystics, where do I find the mysteries, and how do I absorb the mystical properties?" Joyce asked what he wanted to know.
"Secret beasts and secret weapons with mysterious characteristics are either difficult to find, or extremely dangerous, not as simple as you think, after experiencing the psychic of Toton Manor, I see that you are still not giving up, you still don't understand that the danger on the way forward is not from the enemy to a certain extent, but from your own recklessness. "The old man in the classical robe, his pale complexion gave people a sense of weakness.
"Is it possible for me to succeed if I absorb the properties of the mystical thing?" asked Joyce, staring at the old man.
"Absorbing mystical properties is to be neutralized by meditation, and this method has also been handed down by the ancient magicians of the Arcane Era, do you understand?" the old man in the classical robe smiled, looking at Joyce as if he were looking at a young newcomer.
"Empty your spirituality, calm your heart, get close to nature, and perceive all things in heaven and earth?" Ye Chen, as a herb picker before, knew some ways to meditate and nourish qi, and he also meditated in the mountains, but unfortunately the effect was not ideal.
Now that he is alive as Joyce, he can't show too much, and all he can give to old Bolton can only be confused.
"Even if the wild secret cultivation is successful for a short time, it is difficult to live for a long time, most of them will get out of control, the secret cultivation is a way, the inheritance is very important, take the characteristics of absorbing mysterious things, the major churches have a lot of experience, through some means and secret medicines, not only can absorb the mysterious characteristics, but also reduce the risk of losing control, this is also through a long time, in the success and failure of the attempt to summarize, but these relatively safe advanced paths, not easy to obtain. Bolton Sr. had both a warning and a reminder to Joyce.
"If this is the case, if you successfully absorb the mysterious characteristics and give birth to the secret qi, will there be any characteristics?" Although Joyce was thinking, it might be better to join the church if he wanted to take the path of secret cultivation, but the empire may not be without experience and means.
"Becoming a secret cultivator, it is equivalent to having a strange and mysterious ability, giving birth to a secret qi, which is just the beginning of a secret cultivation, forming a secret source and dispersing a vein to become a secret, and every time a secret vein is scattered, it may correspond to a special ability, of course, the special ability will be related to the mysterious characteristics of absorption, or the secret medicine taken. Old Burton's statement finally gave Joyce a general understanding of the secret cultivation.
"If I were you, I wouldn't think too much, work hard to accumulate merit and contribution, some things can be achieved naturally, Bodean Arthur has brought you to cultivate, and what he sees is also the possibility of you becoming a secret cultivator. Old Bolton let out a rare sigh.
"Just now I saw the part of the God of Craftsmen refining the Creation Cannon, and I was a little uncomfortable, as if I had fallen into it unconsciously. "Because of the old Burton, Joyce didn't want to stay in the library.
"In a short period of time, I actually saw that part!" Old Burton's eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart set off a little wave.
"Take the key disk, don't lose it, you can enter the marking alone in the future, at any time, as for what you can see and what you can't see, I believe you will be measured. Bolton Sr. motioned for Joyce to go out.
"Whether it's the strength of the soul or the resistance to the risk of getting out of control, at least I can try to generate the secret qi, maybe it can reach the level of the secret one, it seems that I need to tell the director, maybe this is fate, the first book I picked is the promise of the gods for the secret path enlightenment test!" Joyce took the key tray and left the library, and the old Bolton came to the desk and flicked the gold-patterned book pages with his pale palm.
"Whew!"
Back in the lounge in the hallway on the second floor, Joyce let out a sigh of relief and collapsed on the bed from a little exhaustion.
"I don't know if I'm clear enough to make people feel deliberate. Joyce silently wondered if old Bolton could understand what he meant.
From Bodrian Arthur to Burton Sr., Joyce asked them about the occult practice.
The reason for this is that Joyce is really eager to know about this situation, and secondly, to express that he does not know much about mysteries, and hopes that the MI will no longer suspect him about Toton Manor and the affairs of Rupert Sr.
"I seem to be in a hurry, I'm still young!"
For a while, Joyce felt that this could not help but be deliberate.
"I ventured out to eat in the morning, although nothing happened, but I don't know what will happen in the future, at the beginning, the people from the MI should have secretly followed and paid attention to me, both for protection and surveillance, for fear that the MI people will gradually ignore it. Joyce pulled out the banknotes in her inner pocket and felt the feel and the scent of the ink.
For Joyce, there is nothing more refreshed than a banknote.
There is a gray banknote with an anti-counterfeiting gold thread and a portrait of Rosen the Great, and the paper texture is very good.
Three ten-gold bills, one hardware bill, and five one-gold bills, Joyce counted them over and over again.
"I hope to have a life to get money and a life to spend, the existence of killing old Rupert is very likely, it is very likely that it is a human being, and it is not excluded that the enemy is not the enemy, although it is difficult to determine whether rummaging through the cabin is his doing, but it shows the purpose of finding something, if the clue of old Rupert himself is broken, it is likely to find me and Elena. Joyce collected the money and pulled the Zoren pistol from the shoulder holster inside his jacket.
The six rounds in the magazine had already been filled by Joyce.
Opening the magazine tenon, Joyce flicked it vigorously and pulled the magazine runner out of the gun.
"This thing should be quite domineering, even if a secret cultivator with strange means is hit, I'm afraid it will be traumatized or killed. Joyce's muttering was more like self-comfort.
Joyce was anxious to understand the secret cultivation, and he was also shrouded in danger, eager to improve his strength.
With the magazine and tenon of Sawa in hand, Joyce tried to raise his gun and take aim, and then put the gun back into the holster on his shoulder.
Dressed up and leaving the lounge, Joyce wandered around the first and second floors of the bar, more to mingle with the formal and supernumerary staff.
When you first arrive in a new work environment, you don't feel very good and you can't let go, which is something that every newcomer experiences, and Joyce is no exception, even though he has worked hard.
At dusk, it was up to Loren Marianne, the freckled girl, to leave the Traveler's Bar with her.
"It's been a day at the bar and it's nice to walk around. ”
Seeing that Joyce was going to ride in the carriage, the freckled girl smiled at him.
"Thank you for your forgiving volume, and for today's lunch. Joyce took off her top hat and thanked her.
Across Golden Rose Street is First Avenue in the Burjohn district.
Despite being an affluent area close to the city center with more shops and restaurants, First Avenue has a noisy feel.
"The best place to live in Burjohn is between 3rd and 6th Avenue, where some of the upper class live and some of the Moya live. Loren, the freckled girl, explained as she walked.
From the Traveler's Bar on Golden Rose Street, Joyce and Loren walked less than twenty minutes to the western-style area of a backstreet on First Avenue.
Two-storey western-style buildings, not too far apart, with lawns in front and small gardens in the back, although they are not big.
"These bungalows have running water and sewerage, gas and heating are good, and the people who can live here are not only decent, but also have a good quality of life. Loren smiled at Joyce.
"Sophie knows me well, she's a good talker, and she has what you need for a basement. The freckled girl led Joyce to a small two-story bungalow.
"Bell! bell!"
The freckled girl knocked on the door of the small western-style building, and a lady with heavy makeup opened the door.
"Little Loren, is this the gentleman you brought with you?" said Sophie, who was so enthusiastic, greeted Freckled Girl and Joyce.
"Beautiful lady, I'm Joyce Rupert. ”
Joyce smiled good-natured and didn't say anything more.
"Come in and have a look. ”
The woman with heavy makeup led the two into the door to change their shoes, and there seemed to be no one else in the bungalow except her.
The villa-like bungalows have a total of eight rooms on the upper and lower floors, three bathrooms, separate dining room and living room, more windows and good lighting, comfortable and warm decoration, simple and stylish wooden furniture, bright floors and luxurious carpets.
Don't say it's Joyce, even if Ye Chen is on Earth, he has never entered such a good house.
"The decoration and furniture of this house are ninety percent new, if I don't want to go to Dominburg, I really don't want to rent out the house, the annual rent is sixteen gold Luo, I will take some clothes away, the utensils will be left, of course, there are two furniture and appliances to use the fee, and then count the two gold Luo insured by the bank, almost twenty gold Luo. After looking at the basement with few items, the woman with heavy makeup quoted a price that made Joyce staggering.
"Isn't it sixteen gold rods, who said that this Sophie is too good to talk?" Joyce muttered.
Facing the gaze of the freckled girl Loren, Joyce couldn't wipe her face, after all, she was looking for help.
"Tomorrow, please ask Miss Loren to prepare a contract. ”
Joyce agreed to rent the small western-style building, and while secretly hurting, he even wondered if he was a loser.
Selling old Rupert's cabin is enough to pay the rent for two years.